Analysts expect Temu, launched in September last year, to generate more than $16 billion in revenue this year.
Chinese retail sales in September rose 5.5%, following 4.6% growth in August.
PDD's revenue was 68.84 billion yuan ($9.62 billion) in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with analysts' average estimate of 54.59 billion yuan, according to LSEG data.
The company's net income attributable to ordinary shareholders rose to 15.54 billion yuan in the third quarter, from 10.59 billion yuan a year earlier.
($1 = 7.1532 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru and Casey Hall in Shanghai; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar and Mark PotterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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